MSN and routers

My friends were having problems with their network, and after fixing it,
MSN decided to sign everyone off at the same time at random intervals.
Now this happened before, but was caused by one computer flooding the
network. Got that problem fixed. They were using a Linksys BEFW11, the
4 port wireless router. They got rid of that and replaced it with a
NetGear WGT624 - 4 port wireless G router. MSN is still having the same
problems. They can connect for a while, chat and whatever, but get
signed out automatically - sorta like they're being dropped. And seeing
as all the clients on the LAN are getting dropped at the same time I'm
assuming that it's either a router setting or a MSN thing. Can someone
please tell me what to look at? Web works fine. Haven't checked
streaming video/audio. Is 5 or 6 (B-type) clients too much for the
router to handle perhaps?

Paul Mak

Check you are on latest firmware.
Drop the MTU size on the router, try 1350. Seems to fix this problem when i
have seen it elsewhere (unless your ISP is AOL, when MTU is 1400 (at least
it is in the UK)).


If that fails try this:

I don't think MSN uses any special ports, but to rule this out, open the DMZ
to one of the computers.

If the other computers drop, but the one with the DMZ doesn't then you need
to find out which ports MSN uses, and open them in the firewall rules.

Important: If you do this, then remember to remove the DMZ after this
experiment, its really only for use with troubleshooting in this example!


If the above do not work, post back.





"Paul E Mak" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My friends were having problems with their network, and after fixing it,
> MSN decided to sign everyone off at the same time at random intervals.
> Now this happened before, but was caused by one computer flooding the
> network. Got that problem fixed. They were using a Linksys BEFW11, the
> 4 port wireless router. They got rid of that and replaced it with a
> NetGear WGT624 - 4 port wireless G router. MSN is still having the same
> problems. They can connect for a while, chat and whatever, but get
> signed out automatically - sorta like they're being dropped. And seeing
> as all the clients on the LAN are getting dropped at the same time I'm
> assuming that it's either a router setting or a MSN thing. Can someone
> please tell me what to look at? Web works fine. Haven't checked
> streaming video/audio. Is 5 or 6 (B-type) clients too much for the
> router to handle perhaps?
>
> Paul Mak
>

Sounds good. Do you have any idea about the load factorZ

Gary X wrote:
> Check you are on latest firmware.
> Drop the MTU size on the router, try 1350. Seems to fix this problem when i
> have seen it elsewhere (unless your ISP is AOL, when MTU is 1400 (at least
> it is in the UK)).
>
>
> If that fails try this:
>
> I don't think MSN uses any special ports, but to rule this out, open the DMZ
> to one of the computers.
>
> If the other computers drop, but the one with the DMZ doesn't then you need
> to find out which ports MSN uses, and open them in the firewall rules.
>
> Important: If you do this, then remember to remove the DMZ after this
> experiment, its really only for use with troubleshooting in this example!
>
>
> If the above do not work, post back.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Paul E Mak" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:b8OdndpsTvLrXDvcRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>My friends were having problems with their network, and after fixing it,
>> MSN decided to sign everyone off at the same time at random intervals.
>> Now this happened before, but was caused by one computer flooding the
>>network. Got that problem fixed. They were using a Linksys BEFW11, the
>>4 port wireless router. They got rid of that and replaced it with a
>>NetGear WGT624 - 4 port wireless G router. MSN is still having the same
>>problems. They can connect for a while, chat and whatever, but get
>>signed out automatically - sorta like they're being dropped. And seeing
>>as all the clients on the LAN are getting dropped at the same time I'm
>>assuming that it's either a router setting or a MSN thing. Can someone
>>please tell me what to look at? Web works fine. Haven't checked
>>streaming video/audio. Is 5 or 6 (B-type) clients too much for the
>>router to handle perhaps?
>>
>>Paul Mak
>>
>
>
>

No never heard of it, sorry.
"Paul E Mak" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Sounds good. Do you have any idea about the load factorZ
>
> Gary X wrote:
> > Check you are on latest firmware.
> > Drop the MTU size on the router, try 1350. Seems to fix this problem
when i
> > have seen it elsewhere (unless your ISP is AOL, when MTU is 1400 (at
least
> > it is in the UK)).
> >
> >
> > If that fails try this:
> >
> > I don't think MSN uses any special ports, but to rule this out, open the
DMZ
> > to one of the computers.
> >
> > If the other computers drop, but the one with the DMZ doesn't then you
need
> > to find out which ports MSN uses, and open them in the firewall rules.
> >
> > Important: If you do this, then remember to remove the DMZ after this
> > experiment, its really only for use with troubleshooting in this
example!
> >
> >
> > If the above do not work, post back.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Paul E Mak" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:b8OdndpsTvLrXDvcRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >>My friends were having problems with their network, and after fixing it,
> >> MSN decided to sign everyone off at the same time at random intervals.
> >> Now this happened before, but was caused by one computer flooding the
> >>network. Got that problem fixed. They were using a Linksys BEFW11, the
> >>4 port wireless router. They got rid of that and replaced it with a
> >>NetGear WGT624 - 4 port wireless G router. MSN is still having the same
> >>problems. They can connect for a while, chat and whatever, but get
> >>signed out automatically - sorta like they're being dropped. And seeing
> >>as all the clients on the LAN are getting dropped at the same time I'm
> >>assuming that it's either a router setting or a MSN thing. Can someone
> >>please tell me what to look at? Web works fine. Haven't checked
> >>streaming video/audio. Is 5 or 6 (B-type) clients too much for the
> >>router to handle perhaps?
> >>
> >>Paul Mak
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>